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Pharma: Three survival tips for pharma firms facing the patent cliff

Pharma treads a fine line to the tipping point where there is insufficient time to recoup a drug’s cost due to the number of years left that the patent can run. When drugs reach their patent expirations, generic manufacturers typically enter the market with products, mostly far cheaper than the original. This is the so-called “patent cliff”.

The use of technology and workflows in clinical trial quality management (QMS) has been mentioned in the industry, however, few have elaborated on issues management processes, drill-downs, and root cause analysis (RCA) identification.

Information Technology (IT): Cloud-to-cloud backup: What it is? And why you need it?

Applications that run in the cloud are protected, but only so much. For full protection of data generated by cloud-based apps, you need cloud-to-cloud backup. Spending on public cloud services will reach US$236bn by 2020, according to Forrester. It’s a trend driven by increasing numbers of applications being delivered from the cloud.

Business Management: Four Ways Human Resources Will Change in 2018

A great human resources department is of utmost value to any company. These are the individuals responsible for fielding job applicants, bringing in the most qualified ones and retaining talent once they're hired.